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NASB | Hebrews 6:6 and then have fallen away, it is impossible to renew them again to repentance, since they again crucify to themselves the Son of God and put Him to open shame. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Hebrews 6:6 and then have fallen away--it is impossible to bring them back again to repentance, since they again nail the Son of God on the cross [for as far as they are concerned, they are treating the death of Christ as if they were not saved by it], and are holding Him up again to public disgrace. |
Subject: Un-repented Sin |
Bible Note: Greetings Vintage68! You ask "What would happen to these Christians if they died, before they could confess those sins?" "God's ability to save is not limited by man's sinfulness. In fact, every person, before he accepts Jesus Christ as Savior, is in total rebellion against God, though sinfulness may not manifest itself with equal intensity in every person. The Apostle John taught believers, "If any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous; and He is the propitiation (satisfaction) for our sins, and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world" (1 John 2:1-2). The Bible is filled with examples of people who received forgiveness for all manner of wickedness, for "the Lord's hand is not short that it cannot save" (Isaiah 59:1). God's boundless grace prompted Paul to exclaim, "When sin increased, grace abounded all the more" (Romans 5:20). And Paul's personal testimony showed that God's redemptive purpose and power were not limited by man's sinfulness, thus encouraging those who feared they had sinned too grievously to be saved (1 Timothy 1:15-16)." (1) "While God's ability to save is boundless, the Bible clearly shows that there are certain conditions under which He will not save. For instance, God will not save those who neglect or despise Christ's sacrifice in an effort to find an alternate salvation plan. "For if we go on sinning willfully after receiving the knowledge of truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins" (Hebrews 10:26). This warning pertains to those who "trample under foot the Son of God" and regard His blood as unclean (Hebrews 10:29). God the Father has appointed His Son's sacrifice as the sole way of salvation and will not grant salvation to those who seek it by any other means." (1) Hebrews 7:27 "who does not need daily, like those high priests, to offer up sacrifices, first for His own sins and then for the sins of the people, because this He did once for all when He offered up Himself." When Christ died, he took upon Himself all of the sins that we, the redeemed, have committed or ever will commit. It was all settled, right then and there - at the Cross! We do have a duty as Christians to continually acknowledge sin (1 John 1:9), but fulfilling the duty of confession neither gives us license to sin nor does it condemn us if we die before having the chance to acknowledge, confess and turn from it, because the sacrifice of Jesus on the cross satisfied the demands of God's holiness for the punishment of all sin (see Romans 1:18, 2 Cor. 5:21, Ephesians 2:3). Blessings to you, Makarios (1) pg. 244, "The Bible Has the Answer" by Henry M. Morris and Martin E. Clark, copyright 1976, 1987 by Master Books, Inc. |